The article's tone was one of pessimism.
Source: tatoeba (20207)
Pessimism
//ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm//
Synonyms for "pessimism" (54 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- humbashpresë noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Arabic
2 entries- تَشَاؤُم noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- تَشَاؤُم noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Armenian
2 entries- հոռետեսություն noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- հոռետեսություն noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Basque
1 entries- ezkortasun noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Belarusian
1 entries- песімі́зм noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Bengali
1 entries- নৈরাশ্যবাদ noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Bulgarian
1 entries- песими́зъм noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Catalan
2 entries- pessimisme noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pessimisme noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 悲觀主義 /悲观主义 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- 悲觀情緒 /悲观情绪 noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Czech
2 entries- pesimismus noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- škarohlídství noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Dutch
1 entries- pessimisme noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Finnish
2 entries- pessimismi noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pessimismi noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
French
2 entries- pessimisme noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pessimisme noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Galician
2 entries- pesimismo noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pesimismo noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Georgian
1 entries- პესიმიზმი noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
German
2 entries- Pessimismus noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- Pessimismus noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Greek
1 entries- απαισιοδοξία noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Hebrew
2 entries- פסימיות noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- פסימיזם noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Hindi
1 entries- निराशावाद noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Hungarian
3 entries- borúlátás noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pesszimizmus noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pesszimizmus noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Indonesian
2 entries- pesimisme noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pesimisme noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Italian
1 entries- pessimismo noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Japanese
4 entries- 厭世主義 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- 厭世観 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- 悲観 noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- 悲観主義 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Kazakh
2 entries- пессимизм noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- үмітсіздік noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Korean
4 entries- 비관 noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- 비관주의 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- 염세주의 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- 페시미즘 noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Lü
1 entries- ᦣᧆᦋᦲᧁ noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Macedonian
1 entries- песимизам noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Malayalam
1 entries- നൈരാശ്യവാദം noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Māori
2 entries- hākerekeretanga noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- ngākau hākerekere noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Persian
1 entries- بدبینی noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Polish
1 entries- pesymizm noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Portuguese
2 entries- pessimismo noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pessimismo noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Romanian
1 entries- pesimism noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Russian
2 entries- пессими́зм noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- пессими́зм noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pesimìzam noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- pesimìzam noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- песимѝзам noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- песимѝзам noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Spanish
1 entries- pesimismo noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Swedish
2 entries- pessimism noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- svartsyn noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Tamil
1 entries- இழநம்பிக்கை noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Thai
2 entries- ทุทรรศนนิยม noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- ทุนิยม noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Turkish
4 entries- karamsarlık noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- karamsarlık noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
- kötümserlik noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- kötümserlik noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Ukrainian
1 entries- песимі́зм noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bi quan noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- bi quan triết học noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Volapük
2 entries- badim noun (general belief that bad things will happen)
- badim noun (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
His pessimism depressed those around him.
Source: tatoeba (287342)
Pessimism believes in no improvement.
Source: tatoeba (317769)
Now that pessimism prevails, the executive will abandon the project.
Source: tatoeba (317771)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.